“I said that if this ordinance doesn’t pass, I could be fired from a job and even thrown out of a restaurant, and people started to boo me,” said Alva, 42. “I was real hurt by that. It was unbelievable.”

“Before I left the podium I said: ‘to all you people that preach the word of God, shame of you because God loves me, like the day I laid bleeding on the sands of Iraq and that’s why he saved me!'”

That’s not the only anti-gay behavior coming from within the San Antonio City Council. Just a few days after Alva was booed, audio of a debate of the ordinance surfaced in which Councilwoman Elisa Chan is heard calling gays and lesbians “disgusting.”

This past Friday morning, U.S. Congressman Joaquín Castro issued a statement about both incidences:

“The intolerant views expressed by Councilwoman Chan and the deplorable actions of those who booed a wounded warrior do not represent the sentiments of most San Antonians,” the mayor’s brother said in a statement. “Our city celebrates diversity and prides itself in supporting our veterans as Military City, USA.”